Combined door-securer and corkscrew.



No. 863,091. PATENTED AUG. 13, 1907.

' e. PRINDLE.

COMBINED DOOR SEGURER AND GORKSGREW. APPLICATION TIL-ED MAY 5, 1905.

i Inventor Attorneys GEORGE PRINDLE, OF OGDEN, UTAH.

COMBINED DOOR -SECURER AND CORKSCREW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1907.

Application filed May 5,1905. Serial No. 259,024.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE PRINDLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ogden, in the county of Weber and State of Utah, haveinvented a new and useful Combined D0orSecurer and the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to combined tools, and has for its object toprovide a simple and compact folding de vice suitable to be carried inthe pocket and adapted for a plurality of uses, including that of a doorsecurer, and with this object in view, the invention consists in thecombination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, shown in the accompanying drawing, and particularly pointedout in the appended claim.

In the drawingz-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tool with theparts arranged in relative position to form a square. Fig. 2 is a Viewshowing the device extended with the main members in alinement. Fig. 3is an edge view showing the device applied to a door and frame as a doorsecurer and indicating in dotted lines the ex tended or opened positionof the cork screw stem or shank.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures of the drawing.

The tool embodying the invention comprises two flat plate-like members,one of which is shorter than the other, being about one-half the lengththereof, and said members being pivotally connected together at one endso that when the members are folded to occupy parallel planes in contactwith each other throughout their lengths the free end of the shortermember occupies a position about the center of the length of the longermember, and at the free end of the shorter memher is located a corkscrew stem or shank, pivotally mounted so as to be folded to a positionparallel with the shorter member and adapted when extended to occupy aposition perpendicular to the planes of the two members of the tool andat about the center of the length of the longer member, so that thefolded longer and shorter members constitute a handle extending aboutequally upon opposite sides of the line of the extended cork screw stemor shank to form a suitable grip.

In the construction illustrated, the longer or main member 1 is pivoted,as at 6, to the shorter member, said longer member being provided withterminal prongs 2 at its free end, and the shorter member being providedwith a convex bearing flange or head '7 at its free end, the cork screwshank 12 being pivotally Corkscrew, of which mounted as at 13 upon theshorter member adjacent to the free end of the latter and adapted whenfolded to its position parallel with the members to be shielded by theflange or head 7, so as to reduce to a minimum the risk of injuryingadjacent objects by contact with the'cork screw. Preferably the flangeor head 7 is toothed as at 8, and the side edges of the shorter or minormember 5 are constructed, respectively, to form a blade 9 and a file l0suitable for manicuring. The exterior surface of the longer or majormember is preferably provided with a linear scale 3 and a projection 4which serve as an additional securing means when the device is used as adoor fastener, as indicated in Fig. 3, wherein the numeral 14 representsthe door, 15 the stop and 16 the frame. The side edges of both the majorand minor members of the tool are straight, so that when the members arearranged so that one edge of the minor member is coincident with a line11. disposed transversely on the major member adjacent to its pivotalend, the edges forming the reentrant angle thus produced constitute asquare.

It will be observed, moreover, that when the tool is in use as a doorsecurer, the cork screw is exposed, so that it may be used by presentingthe bottom and tinning the latter to cause the cork screw to engage thecork, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, the tool being thus heldrigid and stationary by its engagement with the door and frame. Thus itwill be observed that the compound tool embodying the invention, inaddition to performing its function as a door securer, is adapted foruse as a cork screw either portable or stationary, the minor memberwhich carries the cork screw stem or shank performing the function ofengaging the door, and, also, of carrying the stem or shank, so as tolocate the latter at about the center of the length of the major orlonger member of the tool, so as to constitute a suitable handle whenthe tool is used as a portable cork screw; and, moreover, this minormember is, also, adapted to be extended to the position indicated inFig. 2, so as to expose its side edge for use in manicuring, while themajor member constitutes the handle for the same I claim:

1. A compound tool comprising pivotally connected major and minormembers adapted to be folded to locate the free end of the minor memberat approximately the center of the length of the major member, and acork screw stem 01' shank foldably connected with the minor member at apoint near its free end, whereby when the parts are in their foldedposition, the cork screw stem or shank is located at approximately thecenter of the length of the major member.

2. A compound tool, comprising major and minor pivotally connectedmembers, the latter of which is about onehalf the length of the former,the same being pivotally connected near one end, the side edges of saidmembers being straight, and the free ends of the members being,respectively, pronged and toothed, and a cork screw stem orshank'pivotally mounted upon the minor member adjacent to its free endto occupy a position about the center of the length of the major memberwhen said members are folded.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto atfixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE PRINDLE.

Witnesses:

GUs LINDSTROM, C. F. DOBSON.

